Δαύνιον

Entry #33
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 221.17 | Billerbeck: Δ33
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-07
Word count: 36
Sources: Λυκόφρων (Lycophron) (1254)
Entities: Δαύνιον (Daunium (city)) [place], Ἰταλία (Italy) [place], Λατίνοι (Latins) [people], Δαύνιοι (Daunians) [people], Δαυνία (Daunia (feminine ethnicon)) [people], Δαυνική (Daunike (ethnic adjective/form)) [people], Δαυνῖται (Daunitai (ethnic form, shortened)) [people], Δαυνιάται (Dauniatai (ethnic form)) [people], Δαυνιατικός (Dauniatic (adjectival)) [other], Θρᾴκη (Thrace) [place], Δαυνιοτειχίτης (Daunioteichites (citizen of Daunium)) [other]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: [According to] Lycophron: "settled for/inhabited by the Latin Daunii." (i.e. the town is named from or associated with the Daunii people who settled it); Morphological Composition: The ethnic/demonym is Δαύνιοι, the feminine Δαυνία, and Δαυνική. (forms of the name indicating how derivatives are formed); Morphological Composition: "and Δαυνῖται" by contraction (syncope) from "Δαυνιᾶται." (explains the shorter form as a morphological contraction of the fuller ethnic name)
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